Donnell: ‘Allow for some flexibility’

When representatives of the Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence, which is supporting SB 1108 and 1110, said the problem is that Idaho has the nation’s lowest rate of kids going on to higher education, Rep. Brian Cronin, D-Boise, said, “These bills seem to suggest that it’s teacher ineffectiveness that’s the problem. I have yet to see any evidence that that is the problem we’re addressing.” Vince Hannity said he wouldn’t make that conclusion. Christine Donnell said, “I don’t think that any of us are saying that teachers are the main fault of why our kids are not succeeding. I think it’s a combination of many, many things.” She said she disagrees that SB 1108 is “punitive” to teachers, saying, “No, but I think it does allow for some flexibility that we really need to make some major changes.”